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Traveling To Europe With Your Digital Camera?
By Doug Rogers, Thu Dec 8th
The Vacation Season is fast approaching and naturally you willbe taking your digital camera along for the journey. After allyour vacations are far and few between and it is nice to lookback on those memories as you slave away at your job. However,when you travel with a digital camera, it is a completelydifferent experience from that of traveling with a film camera.This is a lesson that far too many travelers seem to be learningthe hard way, especially if you’re traveling to Europe. After acouples years of relying mostly on digital for taking photoswhen I travel, there are things you should consider before youhead off on your next trip. Charging Batteries is one of the biggest stumbling blocks you'llface when you travel. Outlets can be scarce in hotels. On arecent trip to Europe, only one of the five modern hotels Istayed in had more than one outlet available for use whencharging up electronics. Charging your battery can be more of ahassle if you're traveling by train: If you take an overnighttrain in Europe, they don't have power adapters at the seats(certain trains do, but it's not something you can count on). Isuggest bringing at least two rechargeable batteries, three ifyou plan to travel with overnight trains, or don't think you'llbe able to charge every night. If your camera uses regular AAbatteries, consider yourself lucky-you'll find those everywhere.Scope out the situation in your room when you check in: Youshould get at least one usable outlet, but don't count on morethan that. Bring your plugs. Some digital cameras typically come with apower brick that can handle international voltages, so you won'tneed a voltage adapter. However, you will need a power plugadapter to convert a US outlet plug to the local plug. Most ofEurope is on the same outlet now-but not all countries acceptthe general "Europe" plug. Be sure to research what you'll needto jack in, and try to buy it before you leave (try CompUSA,Radio Shack, Rand McNally, or your local luggage store). If youdon't have a chance to get what you need Stateside, don't fret:You should have no trouble finding an outlet converter overseas. How do I offload my images? For fellow travelers using digicams,this was the number one problem I have heard repeatedly. Manycomments from folks traveling for a week or more are: "I'mtaking more pictures than I expected to." "I'm not shooting atthe best resolution, because I need the room on my memory card.""I'm only halfway through my trip, and I have only 50 shotsleft." When you travel, odds are you'll take more pictures thanyou expect to also. A 1 GB card is very useful, and shouldsuffice for low-usage shooters. But for those of us, who can gothrough a gigabyte or more in a day, not a week? Whether it'sbecause your a high-volume shooter, shooting in RAW format, or acombination of the two. What I discovered is many who haddigital SLRs, that had 5 megapixel or more reported they weretraveling with a laptop to off load their images. None of thesefolks were traveling on business, so they didn't need to bring alaptop along. The sad fact is, for now, a laptop remains themost efficient and usable means of off loading images. Epson andNikon have dedicated handheld units with a hard drive, cardreader, and LCD display for copying over and viewing yourimages. But neither has a full-blown keyboard.
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Disposable Underwater Cameras
By Jason Gluckman, Fri Dec 9th
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If you're firstbuying a laptop, and intend to travel with it, I suggest goingfor the smallest one you can. Fujitsu, Panasonic, Sharp, andSony all have models under four pounds. A laptop providesseveral additional advantages. For one thing, you can see yourpictures on a big screen-to view how you're doing, and if yousee any problems you want to correct with your exposure, forexample, or if your pictures are being affected by dirt. Foranother thing, you can properly label your folders, so you knowwhich pictures were taken where. Most newer laptops haveintegrated memory card readers, but otherwise, you can buy asmall external card reader. For the wire-free approach, use a PCCard slot adapter for your memory card; and invest in a 32-bitCardbus adapter (Delkin and Lexar Media offer these), forspeedier transfers. Nothing's worse than coming back to thehotel after a long day of sightseeing, and needing to stay awakeanother 40 minutes just to off -load two 1 GB cards, at about 20minutes a pop. If you bring a laptop, I also suggest investingin a portable hard drive. A portable hard drive can servemultiple purposes: It can be a means of backing up your photoson the go; a means of giving you a way to take your photos withyou if you have to leave your laptop unattended; and a means ofexpansion, if you somehow manage to fill up your laptop'sbuilt-in hard disk. If you don't want to bring a laptop, andalready have an Apple iPod, Belkin sells an attachment for usingyour iPod with memory cards; or, consider the pricey units fromNikon and Epson. And if you're in a bind, remember you canalways buy memory overseas. I was surprised that when I went toEurope, the prices were high, but not so outrageously so that Iwouldn't buy another card if I were in a bind. Cards were morereadily available, too, than they were when I last traveledthrough Europe three years ago. Look at it this way: Even if youoverpay on the card, you can still reuse it-which beatsoverpaying for a single use 35mm film cartridge when you were ina bind in years' past. Be prepared for problems. Things happen when you travel and I'vehad more things go awry carrying my digital SLR than I have hadwith my 35mm over the years. Lens paper is always useful to haveon hand, but if you have a digital SLR, another supply isabsolutely critical: An air blower bulb, to blast out the dustand dirt that will inevitably get trapped inside your camera. Inever had problems with my 35mm SLR, but with my digital SLR, Iconstantly find dirt gets trapped inside, when I change lenses.And there's nothing worse than having a splotch marring yourotherwise awesome shots. Finally, remember the philosophy ofredundancy. Whether your battery dies and you have no way tocharge it, or you run out of space on your memory card(s), anddon't want to buy another at a higher-than-usual price, Isuggest packing a second camera if you can. A digital point andshoot is a good option but I usually carry a point and shoot35mm to use if I run into any problems just so I won’t lose anyprecious pictures. About the author:Doug Rogers has worked as a freelance photographer for the past25 years in various fields of photography. In the past two yearshe has become an avid and devoted fan of digital photography.For tips on better digital photography and the latest reviews onthe newest digital equipment that hits the market, Subscribe tohis monthly Newsletter “The ViewFinder” athttp://www.best-digital-cameras-review.com
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Start Your Own Photography Business From Home
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Anyone with the right camera equipment, and the necessary skillscan set up a home business, marketing photography. You need onlyto convert a room of your house into an office, and then you canwork Read more...
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